Synopses & Reviews
1. This book, called the first true photobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr., received accolades when it was first published in fall 2000. (Review highlights are included with this fact sheet. Hard copies of full reviews are also available.)
2. As one reviewer wrote: "The photo credits read like a Who's Who of classic '60s journalism," including images by Dan Budnik, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Dan Weiner, Ernest Withers, and 25 more photographers (see complete list attached).
3. King is an international figure whose stature has only grown since his death. Each January, as Americans observe King's birthday with parades and memorials, his story is brought to the forefront of public consciousness once again.
4. Fundraising efforts (featuring a national advertising campaign launched in May 2003) continue for the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial. The site (a section of the Mall between the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials) and design have been finalized, and groundbreaking is projected for sometime in 2006.
5. More than a biography of one man, this book also presents a thorough and gripping history of the civil rights movement in mid-twentieth-century America.
Synopsis
"A magnificent photo album of a magnificent man in magnificent times., Susan Brownmiller, "New York Times Book Review
Through rich words and stirring black-and-white images
About the Author
Charles Johnson is a literary critic, essayist, and author of the National Book Award-winning novel Middle Passage. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, he teaches writing at the University of Washington in Seattle. Bob Adelman is one of the foremost photographic chroniclers of the civil rights movement. His photographs have been published in LIFE, The New York Times Magazine, Paris Match, and other publications.